A Good Night

Mom had a good night. Her pain was under control, and at one point she even went several hours without using the pain pump. She's awake now and is remembering a few things and people from yesterday. She was a bit disoriented upon waking, asking if it was 6 a.m. or 6 p.m., but that's completely normal. Between 3 and 6 this morning, the nurses were in just doing their thing, changing the epidural med bag, the IV, etc, so our rest was a little disturbed. Otherwise, though, we both slept pretty soundly.

Dr. Chang, one of the operation docs, came in to tell us they're going to keep a close eye on Mom's bloodwork. In her terms, it was a little 'out of whack,' and they want to draw more labs to see what it's about. They had to infuse some vitamin K last night, and her hemoglobin is low. They'll just continue to watch this carefully and will take the necessary steps to adjust her needs.
Good news - her temperature did go down. Mom has been good about using the spirometer when she's awake. The next goal is to get her out of bed and in a chair. Dr. Skibber's orders are walk, walk, walk, get out of bed, bed, bed. Mom actually asked to walk around 6:30 this morning without being prompted to, but she changed her mind. She is definitely tired of being in the same position, so pretty soon I'm sure we'll attempt getting her out of bed.